A vagabond dreamer, a rhymer and singer of songs Singing to no one and nowhere to really belong I met a beautiful lady, a pure Southern belle of the ball Like Scarlet O'Hara loved no one and wanted them all
[Chorus:] I'll never forget you and love you inspite of your faults The good and the bad I want to remember it all I did a new dance and you did your Tennessee Waltz The party's all over I came uninvited I'm leaving and taking the belle of the ball
There will always be someone I guess that's the way it should be I guess i should know that someone used to be me They'll gather around her soon they'll all look the same At the feet of the lady are lover's without any names